n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]
The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. intus within. Cf. Extine. ] (Bot.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.
n. [ L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintine. ] (Bot.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine. [ 1913 Webster ]